VOL. P. I
POETRk
TINE LOVE pOIF L
BY B*RNARD 11.0120.4.
They err who deelli Love's brightest hour in
blooming • his known,
Its purest, tende t , holiest power in after life
is shown, -
When passions, elctstened and subdued, to ri
per years are given,
And earth and earthly things aro viewed in
light that bps from Heaven.
It is not in tholu+ of youth, or days of cloud
less mirth,
fecl the tendekness and truth of Love's
devoted worth; •
Life then is like a*ranqntil stream which flows
in sunshine . blight,
And objects mirro`ted in it seem to share its
sparkling light. • •
'Tis when the howling winds arise, and life is
like the .oceao,
Whose mountain 141 lows brace the skies, lash
ed by the stoteB commotion ;
When lightning craves the murky cloud, and
thunderbolts 4.stound us,
'Tis then we feel opr spirits bowed by loneli
ness around 4,
tben, - ns the i„,eatnan'i sight the beae.on's
twinkline
Surpassing far the)ustre I‘right- of Summer's
cloudless day,l
E'en such, to triedtnd wounded hearts in man
ho:,d's darker years.
The gentle light trim Love imparts 'mid sor
rows, cares anl tears.
It beams on mindsfof joy bereft, their. fresh
'ni ng bright mAs fling,
And show that lifelhas somewhat left to which
their hopes may cling ; -
It :tells upon tt.le !Lek at heart, the desolate
sonl, .
T , , ti.l their doubti aad fears depart, and point
a brighter goil
If such be-Love's riiimphaift power o'er Izir
its touched btime, •
Oh ! who shall dodbt its loveliest hour of hap-.
piness iublimi '1
In v ,, uth. 'tis like the meteor's gleam will*
dazzles and weeps by;
In after life its spiindor seems linked ivitb. ,
,
terlilty. .
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MISOEL - I,ANY.-
TIIE WIFE'S. RIVAL:-
BY ESiNA DU AL.
The lawn at Elmwood. sweeping dawn from
the fine uld house,Zfirst descending into a vale
then rising to a hilt, with its stately elms and i
green grass, was alkmantiful spot; and at sun
stl one colid scarqly find a more lovely scene:
A broad river whiS swept beneath an over-
hanging cliff, at th 4 - termination of the lawn,
gave a romantic wf'ildhess to this bewitching
pace. On the dig' was perched a fairy-lik'e
summer-h , iuse, suriounded with shrubbery and
c ,vered with vines while tall old elms spread ,
over it their guardian-branches, as if to protect,
it from the fierce . t ,kinter's blast, i.r summer;,
heat. But although it was a gorgeous cun-i:
set, and the rich elpuds floated above, in fan
ciful shapes, as if ti orting with their images
reflected from tho river's broad bosom, a
young, delicate gfrl, seated in the summer
house, seemed entirely unmindful of this pic
turesque scene. -4he was very young—scarce-,
ly fifteen,----dresse4 in'deep mourning, and her
expressive, though nest handsome face, was
bathed in tears. drief had blinded her eyes to
the beauties of "14nd, sky and river," for the
letter which shibbeld in her band " well nigh
broken her heartl Though yet a child, she
vas a wife, and wOshipped her hus.barill with
childish devotion. 5 She was au orphan, and
stood quite alone lin life_ The letter which
she held was from fier husband, but not intend
ed for her eyes ; careless negligence it bad
been misdirected, aid had thus fallen into her
'hands.
"In two week% Rear Frank," be wrote,
stall be upon the iside ocean. Ain tne, my
friend, in my travels, I shall be gone.for years; I
probably forever. ii have no ties to bind me to
my home, exceptiit' g unpleasant and forced
ones. You know,luy dear fellow, I was sum
moned hastily fronj Europe, by my deceased
father's illness. He seemed much better after
ray return, and we'thad hopes of his recovery.'
His maiden sistez4ny good aunt Esther, bad
resided with him fir many .years, but on my
return, I found, added to - his family a young
girl, the daughter if an old.. and dearly loved
friend, one with w3tom he had been rtssociated 1
in business foe Ye,irs, but'wbo tad, lately died
in one - of the Wesqlndia Islands, where be bad
resided for a bMg hile.. He left this da'ughter
to my father'selle., Imagine, my surprise,
m
/when soon after $ return, my father express
ed an earnestidesi& to see me married to this
child. I urged • miy unwillingness; at last • I
flatly refused, whes my father, with deep e
motion, said thatithrongh some unfiirtunate
speculations, he hdd rpdered the ,child penni'
less. He urged, ,lie entreated—at last I con
sented ;at his b, side we-were married. He
heed but a little 4ile afterwards. What was
my amazement upOn investigating - my- father's
affairs to find that my bride's almost prineely
fortune was uninif.tcd; to gratify his arbitrary
wishes and to uni ' our two fortunes, my fath
er had devised thitt plan to gain my consent.—
Must I consider n4itelf hound? My heart re:.
bels ,against this . 2unnatural marriage, and I
have resolved to leave my country. If I
thought her happiness was concerned, 'honor
—duty, would pant out a different course;
but no, she is a shin ; uninformed child, scarcely
old enough to hoe* , the meaning of love. my
dp:rture willcaulie no other emotion in her
Baple - little mind than surprise, and it may be
relief. I have wrttten to her, tii4l:llOng my
departure. HerlOrtune shall brentirely at
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q . bltelonaelYi possesses few mental gifts; sllll
timid ; and, ! fear stupid. She has been foret
.ediupon me;:#tid my wife by name may she
bti, but no mere, Meet me in New York next
week, if ynn ; have not been beguiled into Flay
ing the Betiiitliet yourself, and we will com
mence agairi..Our wanderings.
. N . , , E i iier truly your - friend,
ROLAND 4.4D1L "
Poor Ellett! these words fell like lead. upon
her heart, anshe wept in bitterness of spirit.
She had' liste . descriptionsed" to the . descriptions given of;
Roland,by 14 father & aunt,until her heart do
ted updit thelitleal she had formed in her mind,
even, before She saw him. They 'impressed its
upOn her ttu4 he was to be her husband, and
she preparedl her little willing spirit to love,
him accordingly. She was a child in years and
appearance, but not in mind; timid and retir- i
i ing, however almost to a fault, and painfully!
.conscious oft her want of personal charms---!- 1
which conseisness increased her awkwardness.
She looked upon the handsome, agreeable Ro-]
land, when ty presentedlim .to her, as one
to be worsbliped, and when they greeted her /
asbis wife, qiumght earth had no greater hap-
piness. liew much her tender and sensitive /
heart- bad 4en shocked, to learn that she hid /
been - forced rlpon him ; and that the sacred ties i
with which tpley - were bound, so dear to her, I
were to him irksome and batefuh'and had driv- ,
en liniTortlils. wanderer. But not one thought i
of anger miugled With her grief. - Her loving
woman's. spitit exaggerated its own deficiencies,
/ to eicuse the selfish coldness of the one deem- /
ed perfect, aid with Helena she felt, ,
" Iti*i.s bright radiance and eolliteral light
Mrtsf-1 be omforted not i. 71 his sphere_ - -1-, ' 1
The 'abomination in my love thus plagues it- •
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Stillicivjies gonevlii my idolatrous fancy,
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'I am s'uy,i ugly and stupid,' 6116 murmured,
[as these. Wilier thoughts poured like a - lava.
I wave over luir Sad lwart, and with despairing
P044 . 41ie aided, "ilVoidd to peaven I had
j u idf:._,;.:,--;', lill' n dear
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'ft' :1 ..- ~ 'ty child to talk Watts 1.1,
said a
*Ol- 1 .; ; ....A:r; h r,, an &.e felt eneireling her
lf t ii't . I t ...0 - ''`fl - " gaunt Esther. Time
jade 'old Malik • (Abed and caressed
-0,-and„7o from Itei, sad, sail St . ry of I.er
ef.- -.l%4l:l,Sitz'llettl- of 'Wiliftft t in ecnuntini
, eating our troubles. - `empathy lighters inaloy
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La lead ..f cure t . and, so felt poor little E]eli,
when at last,
,after a weary night ,ff bitter
weeping, sire fell asleep in I.er aunt Ether=s
arms. . . 1
IFE
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A few days after, It land received, to his'
surraise, the . misdirected letter cud. s«1 in a
short one :from his aunt. After alluding to
some busin4ss affairs of her own, which she
wished' him ito attend to pro inns to I is depar
ture, she ended with saying : - The letter en
closed, thnngh not intended for Ellen, has,
however, entiounced to us pair departure, 'and
explained snffieimitly the cause. As your wife
will be deprived of her rightful protectmr prob
ably,f .r yttirs, I will endeavor to to as a moth
er to her. We will of cod se remain in Elm
wood. It ls,needless to add that it will be un
necessaryßre you to write any further en this
subject, unple:.sant th both parties:. :day you
find-the happiness abroad you seek."
Ile felt innoyed and grieved beyond measure
at his care essness ; and the quiet, cold sen
tences all s aunis letter spnke more reproach
es th4n a I tier written lull would have ex
pressed. 'he following p , st brought him a
letter; from Lis friend Frank Wats4:n, enclosing
the Misdir4cted one, intended for his wife.
HavingVislied the two letters at tho same
time be ha slipped them into the wrong en
telopes ; thus had the mistake occurred But
it wall too ate to remedy the fault, and after
dispatching a short letter ,of thanks to his aunt.
for her kidd intentions this wife, and a few
lines of re4pectful adieu to Ellen, he sailed for
Europe. '
Tears
11011,8 youth
still rout*
in Englan
making s !
as his fan
heard ; t o
upon him.
Their art s
wood_ • If
tono/of h
his absen
good old
would no
should Ind
thought J
treated iv
pridelOr , de she should tell of the tears shed
over Lis p :longed alisenee; the flowers Which
girlish fa , cy nursed ; and. the improvements
sought bo`li in anind and pers* by his inno
cent young wife to greet his tardy return.—
But still ie lingered, and. his short letters
spoke not ' no Word of return, until hope itself
died out i poor Ellen's bosom.
• At firs inclination detained him abroad- 7
but as time passed on and he grew older, there
were monents ;when - his-heart would dwell on
the -gomfo Is of a home: and he was beginning
to wish hi.l.aunt Esther would Write something
that t woraforni overt the shadow of no eacuSe
for his return, when an accident occurred' alit
re,neweallis feelings of disinclination, - and' gave
the futureledloring to his life. One swifter,
-I
while lingering idly on the Rhine, chance threir.
Ilitivin eo4tactlwith a party of AnieriCan tray . -
Oilers:: the Winter previous, he had met there
iii', - i i ariN;and had been so much attracted by
the *mix, 0 ii, lady in-the party, that -haft'
litirWed - biliz.to ' 'shwa ' heyomety. And . ; 6 , 0
again they meton the shore - B'of' the
Rhine; Jiiiiderlle dear skies : and beaming sea;
4cglibe seuit of beauty'beamed over all. i Ile
rhav4settied it up
wn mistren—iuder c
tug—fret) ,as I wis
nld see Lifythiug
,eotdd for*a4 10 l
:rent; shr e ref
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• lled by, and transformed the impet-
It into a calm, thoughtful man. lie
vied in Europe ; at tithes residing
d, then travelling on the continent—
!
' rt sojourns to the principaPeities,
y led him. From his wife he seder
timid was she to intrude berielf
. Of her, be heard through his aunt:
• ;passed quietly aid calmly at Elm
had 4 11 . 4c1 nolreason to suppoF,C,lrom the
-aunt's generally short letters, that
caused , one sigh or regret. The
aiden lady's sense of 'propriety
s: permit her to write a word that
Aee. Roland to imagine this. She
en had been coldly and eruelli
her nePhetc - therefore, woman s
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uueo4eious of the peril of hei - eharms, and
guilelpss and innocent as a child ; and 'her soft
blue -eyes gazed up, with such gent le 1 ,veliness,
from . : Wider the delicate veined lids, that the
behul,der rould not help acquitin*r e of the
ehargp brought against her by mani , of her
sex. Who could look at that clear open biow,
with the beautiful hair, that seemed in its wa
vy luXuriauce as if it would delight to cluster
round that lovely face in caressing, wooing
eurls,' :; bat by its mistress bound in rich braids,
modestly and sevexely black; her dark, plain
dress; rejecting all ornament ; and manner that
seerniid to say, I have a heart overflowing with
kindly heeling for all ; but,my love—my pur
estald most -lovely feelings, are buried in the
gravei,' Who could mark all this, and Lelieve
Emil} Reed a flirt—a coquette? -
Sunnuer Massed; and when winter came it,
fuundißoland still lingering near the lovely
widoWi, The travelling party consisted of Mr.
and .la i rs. Winters, whu were Mrs Reed's cous
ins, their two or three young children, and
some btl,cr gentltmen and ladies, who, like
thems42l‘ es, were people of leisure and means --
They ;went and Fame as it pleased7thein ; and
at ono time might be found enjoying the gai
tics utParis—at another loitering through the
galleries of the lratican—or again lir, ne on
the btactiful Rhine—or gazing ;,,.„
mountain scenery of Switzerland. ed
in tritieinent as Roland was—n; I ` , 4it hls
own 4tions, this charming circle I dent
91 theattractions of the fair lady, ju tilted
his fancy. lie gave himself up to the. itch.
ery tlkat surrounded—limi, and silenced all up•
braidins within his breast.
4onsen.se," he would say in reply to this
still' maal voice ivithiai
;' " I need not imagine
myseg in love, because I ir , refer the society of
a lovOy woman. She evidently cares nothing
for nia beyord friendship; I therefore do not
en - danger her happiness by the indulgence ; and
I eanisurtly be masterof my own feelings, suf
&Tall to restrain thy self within bounds. I
liidden by honor to love. I will 4egard
her 44 a Sister.'' And thus he reasoned.
AtOast, wearied with this unsettled life. for
a tiring so fascinating, Mr. and Mrs. Winters
longed for the comrorts of home, and announced
thennitirts to their friends ss ^ llemeward
bona", Aftet their, departure for America.
at:d qie consequent breaking up of the pleasant
parts hat had so long continued together, Ho
lantflpearne wearied, and felt that his foreign
residOce had b•st all interest. lie grew rest
less attd unhappy, and sought by change front
place to place to fill up the void caused by '
their departure ; but in vain. Every spot was
assoeXated with them, and he found himself
listentng for the musical voice and laugh, that
,used to ring in his ears; and wishing 'for the
tiny gaud that was wont to greet him, with'
such
,itsterly, Leart-warm weleeme. After a
few weary months, he followed them. lie
knewiT,, that Mrs. Reed had resided. with--her
cousitts, who were as broth* and sister to her.!
ever Since her widowhood, and eagerly did he
seek their home on reaching New York. How,
he reloiced to find himself warmly welcomed
by th:ttn. It is so pleasant tr find ourself re
mcmfititred by absent friends, when one has to
,conteo with the renewing of the dearest do
(inesti`o relations as rivals. •
A season followed, and with Mr. and
Mrs. , IWinters, b the side of his " Cousin Em
ily," its the children had taught him to call
her, tte was to he seen at parties, balls, and op-,
eras. 11j And what did the World say ? Just
nuthiig at all. Many had forgotten, or bad
vveiheard of his marriage, and almost every
one itaagined,frtan the dose intimacy - that exis
ted t,ctween him and the family, that he was
a Ilea*: relative.
o 4 the following summer he was again their
IctiMpfinion as they travelled through the beau
tiful horthern scenery of flick country. To-
Igetl4 he and Emily lingered around the ro
:inantfb scenery of Lake George. They visited
c.:lp ‘ ..qp—the walled city of Quebec seemed to
' carryitthein back to" Europe ; and" they lived
over 'again in fancy the first days of their ac
quaiut Mice, When they had met on the Rhine.
I TheAlimathed the fresh breeze MI the broad
bos4i of the,St. Lawrence, gemmed with love
ly islOs : and* by moonlight they sat on the
!deck $f the ve heart speakino t , to heart,
I watcliin 2 g the fiaMing,, glittering wave s, that
seemed to follow the \pale moon's course, they
both 'have themselves up to the dangerous lux-
I ury df the present.. Ho gazed on her:beaming
i
beaufgul face, and as her iieli voice swelled
out ill lovely melody upon his ears, he felt that
I frien4ship was too cold a name. With what
rapttiic dit he hail the falling of Emily's soft
Iluejiyes, when he first noticed their sinking
under; his ardent loving gaze. Ile.forget the
Ihiglittionorable resolves he bad made, to , leave
her 150 soon as hii, should detect the slightest
alterAtioa in her manner towardshim—no ! be
only ilow,pained for the certainty of her love,
and iti wild anxiety hung around her.
"p, will be free ; I will annul my, marriage,"
he atileit said. . " My with , may, lik„e niyself,
love i ilnother," and in this spirit hey itrote to
- her—the first letter-he had itddres' to her
sinceitbeir separation. Ho frankly' ' nfessed
his 111 e for Emiljr, and,threw himsel von her
gene fosity. " Off Marriage," he wrote, " was
but 4tnere ceremony. I was forced upon you in
'yinfOhildhood. I have always considered you
_ free.,*,-and have been ready at any time to an
lid die tie ; 14*aen us, tithdneVer your own
-heart should make a _choice. The retiring
AY, MARCH 9, 1848.
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delicacy, which J remeniber so eliart4terized! ! tended on the couch, and dreaded 't :se:
,
you in youre ildhood, may have deterred yoWi pale, weeping face Which lay bane f,
frotp regvisting this. I therefore askpt first:, cushions; he trembled to beheld tali st
'Your,itifeWer t will decide iny, it future' happiness' in a woman's breast, bqtween deip,. eep
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or mu*. ."''' - -- it and Woman's pride. "I have deeply ; wt.,
IV -, . , In vas well,,,nirit past,lbut cud von, dear Ellen," he at last murritured'i •
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:1'; ' . , Ouit-,,with faces turned home-;' don inc, 'I beseech you • with' your 14st
,{'J i tigered aironnd the beautifel soon-'I lighten the wretched lierden . otreraprse
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ton Ails, 4,if bewitcded irith the'! will hang over me to iii graie.' 4 ,
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~ . -- ::e, and unable to break the spell Shq raised her head *op - the ; cusifion
w•i,-4. - ' re had thrown over them. , 9ne dayi" as she turned towards him, lie saw, -- istt.
E :1:. - 1 ll:dand rambled, unconsciously, far' the dying wife, the joyOus; : sunny featu
be;; - ,Ahe rest, in following the sueentssion of Emily Reed. She burst into a merry la •
fa i t: There were moments when Rol+, With ll
she exclaimed.' ' : 1
ferdful jealousy doubt the certainty) of here' " Ihive won yoe, dear Rolatid ; ray
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love; it was when her joyous laugh 0.,, die your wife, dearest'?" .•
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merr HY, and playful badinage fell from Iter rosy I The laugh Was - re-echoed, and Role(td a
lips. On this day she had seemed in on - p of her imagined himself in - a. dream, as ho sa h •
wildest, maddest moods, and with reeklbss glee I surrounded by Mr. awl Mrs. Winters it
hail chatted, sung aloud; and laughed, as inn- !Esther, who had been anxiously, awaitin:
dependent of all feeling. ' . t tlettOurnot2 to enter. They exelainied •m
. " - These rocks remind ono of eastles,ttlo theyi the ruse that had been so sueeessfuty
not r she exelaiined,.and without waling for; upon him, and Roland Rio longer reptlach •
an . answer she continued, thinking her; cousin , father, as he gazed on his lovely, bewitein
elt4se behind her; " I could almost imakine at who looked up,lovingly while his ann!,ene
times that
,I see flying buttresses. Ah .t Mary. k her.
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do'you remember those fine old ruined icastlesi " You are surely pardonable," she isaii
on the Rhine?"
;She turned for an answer; and found herself
aline with Roland ; the rest. were far behind.
To break the awkward pause, she said cape
leisly, - you remember our visits ion' the
Hine I"
'Associated as that portion of thei4 inter
eci'urse was, with the dearest recollections in
hip- mind, he felt impatient at her indifferent
tune, and answered passionately, 1
" How could I ever for , et the place p i r time
, .
where -we first met?" -- 111 7 tt his impatidnee wits
calmed as lay saw her face, crimsoned with
blushes, turn from him, and he felt her hand 1
titnhle in his, as he held it, while guiding her —
aWg the nar,row path ; the reckless, gleeful I A darker-day never enveloped in i s
spirit vanished as the consciousness of level the Austrian monarchy,. than When tit
t4tisformed her into the gentle, trembling wo-llenguering hosts of Napoleon encomp 5,
Man. In silence th e y continued their walk. A; enna, and from their encircling batte ies
'bend in the stream just above the fifth fall, shut showering shot and , shells upon th di
off the lower view, and as. hey turned the bend,city. The
.armies of Austria, in rep t •
Emily staid entranced ; they had never goner,fliets, had been mown down anti sca
so far before in their wanderings -up the stream,i, the resistless conqueror. As :the ag
i the waters being too impetuous. The moun-;i Napoleon glittered upon the bills
_Which
tains ros.: on both side; with trees towering tod look the city, - the Royal familyovith Pie
heaven. Roland felt exhausted ; the dark:: haste" Which terror inspires, had fled far
'fearfiilly deep waters. rolled quietly at their;' to the wilds of Hungary.- It is mitin4
feet, while behind there from the topmost height.!• The sky is streaked with the fiery ikoj
,of one of rocky castellated mountains, a ti -4; which, like meteors of death, are, disc,
ny stream came playfully dashing and foaming! into the througed.and dismayed:, metrOpi
down, as if in mimicry of the glittering impet- : ' Flames are bursting•forth in every Oft,
uous fall beovath. Not a sound could be heard, city. All hearts are frozen with an
but the rushing dash of the waters ; they seem- There is ro. place,.. of refuge.. Red. hot
!ed as though they stood alone in creation.=,, crush theii'Way through dwellit*s Of tni
- i. - 1,1 lever thus," be . exelaitned with passion stone. Shells explode in the:cradle .fif t
i ~
ate earnestness—" Life has no greater happi- Mint: antlwpliCtiving-itio7mast,itnattay4w
ness than this." Then iMpetuonsly he poured! bury their mangled inmates beneath the
out his tale of deep, wild love, and hes,,u f it i ins. The clamors of two huntked &hi
the shrinkin g Emily, who with anguish buried combatants fill the midnight air,. an i
her fare in her hands, to give him one look of" i with the thunders of one of the most love.. 11) ,, mbarilmen,ts,earth has ever vritnesied.
Mr. Lee—Mr. Lee." she at last said—
"your:wife; you surely forgot . }our sithation
—can you love me and yet render me misera
ble by this avowal?"
.',;ot so, clearest," he replied, " I hope to be
able to approach you unbound by any ties:
" so asked Emily in surprise, "is
not your wife still living':
With the accents of pleasing love, he told
her all the events attendant on his 'lnfringe ;
of which he had never spoken to her before ;
and-his late proposition made to Ellen for a
divorce. Mrs. Reed shook her head doubtful
ly• as he concluded, and said in sad tones i•
" Ah - we have been very wrong to give our
selves up to this wild infatuation; but," added
she, seriously, as her lover endeavored to pour
out anew his expressions of devotion, " until
you are indeed free, Roland, we must part.—
Nay,; do not urge m,e to alter this determina
tion. This avowal of yours—our mutual
knowledge of each other's thus confessed
would render us guilty in cur hearts—"
Ile implored, but in rain ; )Ire. Iteed - was
immovable; and they I,arted. In a neigh
boring,' city, he waited with anxious impatience
an anx:cer from Ermwood, and eagerly be bioke
the seal of a letter which at last reached him..
(Eructed in aunt Ether's well remembered
"I do not . npbraiiiiyou, Roland," wrote his
aunt, " for your conscience 'surely will at some
time, when too late 'to repair the wrong you
have done. For years your isolated wise look
ed for Ward for your return : for your approval
she has studied and trained her mind—wor
shipped the very recollection of you. ImaOne,
then, how the proposition of.divoree must have
affected her zetitle, loving spirit. Bowed to
the earth as she is, -she wishes to see, you once
mfr.% and entreats, with all the earnestness of
a fond heart that cherishes no anger, to have
the poor comfort of dying your wife. Selfish
as youlnust be, you cannot, deny this little re
quest, A lew•rnontlis you can surely wait, to
be freed from the ties with,which you are uu
worthy of being bound. - Little as I desire to
meet with you, under preSeitt circumstances,
Roland, yet fur my adopted child's last com
fort, I urge you to hasten to Elmwood."
He was filled with the most bitter remorse,
as he hastened to ccmply with Ids aunt's re
quest. He reproached himself 'again and
I K4'ail), as the image of his pale, dying wife, and
[the beautiful Emily rose before him; and he
felt almost distracted as be thought. of the
I double misery be should be the cause of inflict
on,those two lovely beings ! Grieved and
AishOartenedte felt as ,his carriage drove up
the, avenue leading to . Elmwood ; and in' the
! shadow of evening: the tall clues seemed to bow.
•In meitrning l ,ever, the old house. All was dark
and '/uiet, aroma and • within ; the very -.ser
vants that .greeteid him seemed stilled with
sorrow,
"She is dyit*" murmured the sorroiing
Roland and anxiously. ho gazed into his dent
Esther's face,l as ht; niekher in the hall.' "fake
me to her instxiitly,i".theicxclaimed. - The state
ly old, maiden lady led him to her apartment,
and left him at the'nntranc& In.silent anguish
he knelt beside the fragile, delicate form,
p;
"fo' wishiug to be ,relievtd
sby, stupid, ugly wife."
•• I have been well punished, dein%)
~ ell pti.
those treasonable words," he replied, "a
your - lips will 1; impress my earnest piny,
forgiveness.
Song and laugh swelled out, and
party never before encircled the supper
.w
Elmwood.
Front the New York Evangelist. t
MARIA LOUISA.
BY REV. J6FIN S. C. ABBOTT
" •
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k
In ogre of the chambers of the' roypl
there lies a maiden, sixteen years of sag
daughter of the king. - Her father an 4
in the consternation of their flight, w e bre
piled to leave behind them their siclich
ller cheek is flushed with fever,•and iai
ed with terror as the uproar of thd a•
like angry thunders,-fills the air.
~ the
of bursting shells and the flameSof tI4 s
ing conflagration, portentiously gleadth
the windows, upon the eye of the sick a
rifled sufferer. • She in vain buries be
beneath the bedclothes to 'shut out itto
cries of the assailants and the shrieldt i
wounded. t
: , •
In the midst of this most dreadful )se t.
gates of the city are suddenly ,throttn
and a small party emerge, and with' It '
truce pass through the embattling los
they approach the presence of Napol.
Th e y i n fo rm him of the situation andith
of the princess.. He instantly - order 4 t
rection of every gun to :he changeO,
might endanger her person. The flag o
again retires within the walls, and • he
hombardment.continues. For ten Icihg
this terrific storm of iron descends hpi
city, till three thousand shells 'thave k fil
-treets with ruins and with blond.- let
Louisa retnainslipon her bed unharmef, t.
other parts of her father's palace afe
from their. foundations. Little did she
ine, in the consternation of thatdreatlful
'that-it was her'futurc husband -Who lea
raining down destruction updhi her; f'
capital And little did the plehean c„.n
imagine, as he compassionately ehage
direction of his' guns, that this 'maid •
e l i
be the Queen of France, and that by lii:
ihardment he was wooing and Binning ~
bride a daughter of the Cresa'rs' "' i
= = r Ink
li d oh er .of the Ctesers I' :', What. a
,
Itcrions influence there is in ancestry t ru
dNapoleon even, the creator of ;his eow
ifabricator of MS own glory, was dazzled
"‘ - glare. Maria Louisa was a. litical• disc
!(-)f • the proudest monarchs of Rote.
- blood which atein her veins h t /01
,
; Ito her from Cmsars, and through le
heart of Maria Theresa.: She had tee
!Itllcil and nurtured amid - scenes .of mi.ma
rlimity and regal magnificence, which, ino
~4 t hink, Would giVe an impress Of gr nd
'even to the' mednest soul. Surely, be
/
iiipirit must be animated With all the i
innd ennobling in human, chanicter. 11
as . ,not so ! She was nothing Mole_
. ntild, amiable, pretty girl utterly inp
Cherishing an idea' of marabili,litY 00/
sm: ShO was endowed; by•oa,cure,. ml
lioieirtunlitios which were inoSt commo
nd earthly, and was entirely'ungnalilie.
noble' part in the lofty drams4hrotigh
fm was. destined to.reove. , . 3 ,1 :
I . 1 1 ‘ NapolOOn, despairing of offspring f .:om
hene, and conshmed -with:the . mo A
desire to .. .have en heir who - .sl4# •i he
"limy and: perp:etitato WS heate,fietol 8'
' pit
i the ties-which bitaliiititii'Plise . es
'ifo 'of his . youth , and *obtain - a- in ,
, l. bride-from the-, sttbseitriet* mon re!
I found him.' . He hepedll4l44c
•,
in whose person liliouldle ~ allied'al Ali'
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gleriotes ieJim: - sewn achievenienti;:i4,4: 4 lllo-
is illustrfetus in exalted - descent.- - .`,The'farili-.
ation 4if . .Teiefiberle, strong aeirerieWilionifeal
motives *bleb 'led to it,i is the dildreetvltain
npbn the Aerates Of Nispoleim. '1.4441130,411
wrong &doe - however see Min i
a time, it - promoted final di ' iree . A
pinuebrigiiintifigiirr this -m '• • i t 'aliiiiht ei r
Fn E ge
Alexander igluosjislican:thif Nadi Riirte 7 ,
rel . ; 111 !ii-ticueitAlie..ea,,ingeigiA-I of f 49seeYr aMI:
the imprisonment of:Neooleqiiiipoe . the rocirof
St.: tfeleria.' - 'Whina the design - of 'Nepraecin ,
was kaolin,' crefy Cintitiin Enrope was emulous'
Of thebonbr ofsabli ah alliance: , li - Tließourbon's ,
is Omit
,eaile,4Oul4 glelAIY_ ( #tßif A..' princess
of the blbed royal, as a bride ,foci yie mighty
conqueror ; . Thßhisian CriVrt pretersliey' A ef.
its high-born iiiiiideils tb the *Cce_ptiziOt4 of the
master`spirit,' ati whose frown all Einwepetvere- -
hies... , , And'ilie-Austrian meruirelfy;,the proud-.
est of all dyroliktlee, eagerly setifF •qi
i t
nee with the soldier of!fortnne, who as twice
enteredits .capital in triumph, and reposed, ,
with his Pleberin marshals, in its pilicee. 'Af
ter mild' deliberistibill Napoleon' 'detided, to
accept the alliance of Anstria; PrOpetials were •
made_ f0r,.,, , .....rinisa,land M eagerly necepted.
Illerire - ': .ineteoil yeara of age,,and wils
:molity ~ ' ielhunoiod, as the bride of one
whir. ad , get theForldivith his rend** .- Re
peleon -was - forty-00. lOn the 12th of March,
1810; apParentlyFithorit e4itionoeir left ~tbe
palaces of her fa thers, eurrnaded ItY: all y the
pomp the Austrian monarebY CM:4O,-, confer, to
meet her i futurebrisbarid. ~ At.the'long train
of pirrieiges left . Vienpa rt the peeplik.Ae t ar c ed
mournfully upOn tbe sce f ;,. Antoinette,
the last Princess Austrl
~ tuiniehed,feitlie
throne of France, but - n,ew ears4efOrtliliad
Perished ' .. miserably if _ . t e .neeifehlie ',
s
isti lktarm
populace-were, only prevented-by iltailii*trs,
from cutting the traces 1 of 0
e, -,
, icit . 44o,(oed,
preventing the deperture. linAbricooniro
cessien proceeded on its!wayltofigdailie NO- .
tiers of •Iranee. -, Napoleon had - neier '7o . 3iein
the bride who was coming to meet hire, -i 4:lBhe
is not -bea u tiful, " lie said, - aehegazedu i nter
miniature; " but she, ispat o ghter. of, . .
sass !" ,1., - . - i -
I.
When' Maria arrived at the Rhine, her Aiii•
trian attendants left her, and she was received
by the French nation, and eiondueted lovirrls
Paris ..with the highest passible accompitnii
meets of imperial _splendor. The bells ,:ratig
the; l i merriest peals ofy congzatulatienr-)Thei'
Aus rian and the trj-eolored fie
.{o_ 1 -in
friendly embrace froin e4rylkiiser - c,4, , . ~ pli'al
arches, illuminated they , cities, ai. .-- .ic- and
military processions Rooted her pr ' ''.' „.. ,,. while
the horses of her chariot buried t
the bedi. of roses.which ;were spr • , '. - o . %--
path. France, then in the zenith of i :
.. , .
l „ , toxicated with glory, :,:from the.are itthe
• yreneee - ,veiionodedlwitli ail the laXpeepelereriind
demonstrationeofrejoicieg. Napore - op mot her
near CoMpeigne. Springing from- his' . .ilivii. ear
riaee he'eagerlv leaped into that of the - empress,
and, entirely regardlesi - Of all the restraints and
etiquette of court B, , foldecl her in hisembraelierith
the mostyouthful impetuosity. The postillions
were ordered to drive upon the gallop to the pal
) ace of Cempeigne. This unexpected order Vras
inot at all unwelcome to 'Alaria, and a few henrs
tin the of husband imperial h& invest:
sed her With inch queenly arse' and ' affatai - -
I ty,. that she could hardly, bo recognized by
her fonner attendants. t The marriage ceremo
ny was eelebrated with the utmost splendor at
St.. Cloud, and never before or slime has Paris
resounded with snob an uproar of rejoicing, as
when Napoleon led hie - youthful bride into
those apartments of theTuilleries e fr,oni which
Josephene, but three inenths before, bad been
so cruelly ejected. Finir queeni held iliebri-.
1 dal train of-Maria Louisa, and the ambassadors
of all the 'Conrti of Enrope revolved around
-1 her as their central luminary ; Rut, who.-can
tell how 'dismally these rejoicings fell upon the
ear of .Thsephene, as she sat weeping in her de
serted chambers. , • ' '.. ' - 7 -
1 . In one year from that time,-Maria was piac
ied unon i that reysterions touch of suffering
I from which no regal' wealth or, splendor.. can
purchase exemption. Iler, pains were long
protracted and her ringclish dreadful: The at
tendentlphysicians, in the utmost trepidation; -
informed Napoleon that the Ilifeof the mother
[or theebild must be sacrificed. "Save the
1 mother,'' said Napoleon.; brit, perceiving" hat
they had lot their presinee of mind, in view
of the piril of se illustr ious a patient, he int . -
medietA added;"Di; as you would with' the
hams'" radioman in (the Rue St. Denis:'"
l o c.
I Thii'fi_Xkicians, reassured,- returned ,to their.
I duty, #631 . , , the crisis was; pasted. .
Thelilith , of this child was an eve nt
Ihad beep anticipated by all France, -- with' - the
I most sincere interest. It had' been previously
Innuouneed that [tie Invalids shonld , .4rireeltifin
the advent of, the expected heirito the gir:oe,
' If the child were a pri4ess twenty z ene , gene
were to lie fired ; if a ptini, one hiindreil,,.-:
At six e'eloelt in the in&ni, g . - Of 'the '2oiti' i k r
March, 1810, all Parisi ita4 arensed':l;z:fthit
deep 'boeming of those ! wavy gium,':lMzetlierii4
sing over the city in annunciation of the arrival
rof the Nigicotoe stranger. • Every,Findeir. was
linstantaneodsly throWn k, o en.
,!, -. E.....1ry ear,Was
,on the alert: The . - Slinn rein Wire roused
om their pillows, and ellen ,pervadertallithe
% t.c.
streets fief the busy . ,metropolis, :a thq`nai
throngs stood inotionleis to count, t he tidings
which those explosionsk were thundering into
their ears. The heart cif the greet capital 'Mat;
ed to Wet, and in all Ter 'gloving ivoinalhe
carrel:it if life stood-still. M
.W_ hen tl, Awailyli
firlt 00-44J:teen ftre4, Ik., * - ores 7Wao,'ln,
tense beyond all coneeppen. The l eji.loredel
layed for .. .ie Morn t!khck nex d4eliarge;.*l 41
Paris iithOil breathless in - su penee: 'Th' jief.xl
,ii
momentiStlfe'guns. double lo ded; 'peetectioth
the 'mosteweleome ilpnottnee POI PO.
,'ff9 ol ' the
entire city, one, juoiVeriAl: r or
~,of,i a e*pool l
rose and blended with. iheir tbanAero„ t Never
1 44 in earthly tudruirsh greeted - JAI 4 - 'i
,Fii:liti
iffeetirii'dernorietrationtef al ifitliei r erldiF lad
- hhellie:r- . The !Anil of 4he• ileif Bowe; lie"
illustnees t ' The ihenihtt ' m ind vat lost.
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an* - Toues,upeeltho.log ontreatftinkialiAll
byliiid'oeth: ,- NZbe 0 , 4 44 0 , , ,,, 0 - e n
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